WO2004002788A2 - Bras d'essuie-glace precontraint - Google Patents

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WO2004002788A2
WO2004002788A2 PCT/US2003/020298 US0320298W WO2004002788A2 WO 2004002788 A2 WO2004002788 A2 WO 2004002788A2 US 0320298 W US0320298 W US 0320298W WO 2004002788 A2 WO2004002788 A2 WO 2004002788A2
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wiper arm
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Harry Charles Buchanan, Jr.
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Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
    • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
    • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
    • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
    • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
    • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
    • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
    • B60S1/34—Wiper arms; Mountings therefor
    • B60S1/3425—Constructional aspects of the arm
    • B60S1/3436—Mounting heads
    • B60S1/344—Flat-type mounting heads
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49616—Structural member making
    • Y10T29/49622—Vehicular structural member making
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49863—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part
    • Y10T29/49874—Prestressing rod, filament or strand

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  • the present invention relates to a wiper arm for supporting a wiper blade for oscillatory rotary movement with respect to a windscreen and the method of making a wiper arm.
  • a wiper arm is connectible to a wiper blade and supports the wiper blade with respect to a windscreen to be wiped with a force or load acting to maintain the wiper blade in contact with the windscreen during the oscillatory rotary movement of the wiper blade across the windscreen even at high vehicle speeds.
  • the wiper arm is securely attached at one end to a drive shaft for imparting oscillatory rotary movement to the wiper blade connected at an opposite end of the wiper arm.
  • a wiper arm is typically movable from the primary position where the wiper blade is engaged against the windshield, to a secondary position where the wiper blade is spaced from the windscreen allowing routing maintenance and/or cleaning of the wiper blade assembly.
  • the wiper arm structure must be modified to at least partially enclose the coil spring to protect it from the elements.
  • the head of the wiper arm typically engages a conventional splined cylindrical drive shaft using a rigid, matching splined socket adjacent one end of the wiper arm.
  • a method for manufacturing a wiper arm is disclosed.
  • the wiper arm supports a wiper blade for oscillatory rotary movement with respect to a windscreen.
  • the method includes the steps of forming a body having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the body is connectible to and supportable by a drive shaft for imparting oscillatory rotary movement, and where the second end of the body is connectible to and supporting a wiper blade.
  • the method of manufacturing according to the present invention forms a torsional region of the body capable of toggle action defined by two stable positions lying spaced at opposite sides of an unstable range of movement, where one of the two stable positions exerts downward pressure on a wiper blade connectible to the body for engagement against a windscreen to be wiped.
  • the method initially forms the torsional region of the body to be defined by first and second torsional members, where each torsional member when in a relaxed state has a free end cantilevered outwardly from the first end of the body and spaced from one another.
  • the method for manufacturing according to the present invention in the preferred configuration subsequently flexes each torsional member from the relaxed state into a flexed state such that the free ends engage one another and thereafter the free ends of the torsional members are connected with respect to one another when in the flexed state.
  • a wiper arm according to the present invention such as a wiper arm manufactured by the method according to the present invention, supports a wiper blade for oscillatory rotary movement with respect to a windscreen.
  • the wiper arm includes a body having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the body is connectible to and supportable by a drive shaft for imparting oscillatory rotary movement, and where the second end of the body is connectible to and supports a wiper blade.
  • the wiper arm according to the present invention includes a torsional region of the body capable of toggle action and located between the first and second ends of the body.
  • the toggle action is defined by two stable positions lying spaced at opposite sides of an unstable range of movement, where one of the two stable positions exerts downward pressure on a wiper blade connectible to the body for engagement against a windscreen to be wiped.
  • the torsional region is defined by first and second torsional members initially formed in a relaxed state, where each torsional member has a free end cantilevered outwardly from the first end of the body and spaced from one another, where each torsional member is subsequently flexed into a flexed state such that the free ends engage one another.
  • the wiper arm means are provided for connecting the free ends of the torsional members with respect to one another when in the flexed state.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a first step in a method according to the present invention for manufacturing a wiper arm according to the present invention where a body is formed having first and second ends such that the first end of the body is connectible to and supportable by a drive shaft for imparting oscillatory rotary motion and the second end of the body is connectible to and supporting a wiper blade;
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of a second step in the method according to the present invention for manufacturing a wiper blade according to the present invention where the torsional region of the body capable of toggle action is formed;
  • Figure 3 is a side view of the wiper arm according to the present invention manufactured according to the method of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of one possible configuration of the first and second torsional members set at an initial angle with respect to one another to create a bias toward one of two stable positions.
  • a method for manufacturing a wiper arm 10 is illustrated.
  • the wiper arm 10 supports a wiper blade 12 for oscillatory rotary movement with respect to a windshield or windscreen 14.
  • a body 16 is formed having a first end 18 and a second end 20.
  • the first end 18 of the body 16 is connectible to and supportable by a drive shaft 22 for imparting oscillatory rotary movement to the wiper arm 10.
  • the second end 20 of the body 16 is connectible to and supports a wiper blade 12 for oscillatory rotary movement with respect to the windscreen 14.
  • a torsional region 24 of the body 16 is formed to be capable of toggle action defined by two stable positions lying spaced at opposite sides of an unstable range of movement.
  • One of the two stable positions, such as a primary position of the wiper arm 10 exerts downward pressure on the wiper blade 12 connectible to the body 16 for engagement against the windscreen 14 to be wiped.
  • the torsional region 24 of the body 16 is initially formed to be defined by first and second torsional members 26, 28.
  • Each torsional member 26, 28 when in a relaxed state 30, 32, as best seen in Figure 1, has a free end 34, 36 cantilevered outwardly from the first end 18 of the body 16 and spaced from one another.
  • each torsional member 26, 28 is flexed from the relaxed state 30, 32 into a flexed state 38, 40, as best seen in Figures 2 and 3, so that the free ends 34, 36 engage with one another.
  • the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28 are then connected with respect to one another when in the flexed state 38, 40 according to the preferred method of the present invention.
  • the flexing step according to the method of the present invention preferably overlaps portions of the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28 with respect to one another.
  • the connecting step according to the method of manufacturing a wiper arm 10 can include the step of engaging a fastener 42 through aligned apertures 44, 46 in the overlapped portions of the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28.
  • An attachment member 48 can be attached to the second end 20 of the body 16 for supporting a wiper blade 12 to be connected thereto.
  • the torsional members 26, 28 can be formed of a composite material including cross-linked fibers to improve torsional capability of the wiper arm 10.
  • a cross section of the body 16, and/or the torsional members 26, 28, can vary from the first end 18 to the second end 20 to achieve a desired initial load capability when in the flexed or bent state 38, 40.
  • the entire assembly can be overmolded with a low modulus material if desired.
  • a wiper arm according to the present invention such as a wiper arm manufactured according to the method of the present invention, supports a wiper blade 12 for oscillatory rotary motion with respect to a windscreen 14.
  • the wiper arm includes a body 16 having a first end 18 and a second end 20.
  • the first end 18 of the body 16 is connectible to and supportable by a drive shaft 22 for imparting oscillatory rotary movement thereto.
  • the second end 20 of the body 16 is connectible to and supports a wiper blade 12.
  • a torsional region 24 of the body 16 is capable of toggle action and is located between the first end 18 and the second end 20 of the body 16.
  • the toggle action is defined by two stable positions, such as a primary position and a secondary position, lying spaced at opposite sides of an unstable range of movement.
  • One of the two stable positions, such as the primary position of the wiper arm 10 exerts downward pressure on a wiper blade 12 connectible to the body 16 for engagement against a windscreen 14 to be wiped.
  • the torsional region 24 is defined by first and second torsional members 26, 28 initially formed in a relaxed state 30, 32 as best seen in Figure 1.
  • Each torsional member 26, 28 has a free end 30, 32 cantilevered outwardly from the first end 18 of the body 16 and spaced from one another.
  • Each torsional member 26, 28 subsequently is flexed into a flexed state 38, 40 such that the free ends 34, 36 engage one another as best seen in Figures 2 and 3.
  • Means 50 connects the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28 with respect to one another when in the flexed state 38, 40.
  • the torsional region 24 includes overlapping portions of the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28 with respect to one another.
  • the connecting means 50 can include a fastener 42 engagable through aligned apertures 44, 46 formed in the overlapped portions of the free ends 34, 36 of the torsional members 26, 28.
  • An attachment member 48 is attachable to the second end 20 of the body 16 for supporting a wiper blade 12 to be connected thereto.
  • the torsional members 26, 28 are preferably formed of a composite material including cross-linked fibers to improve torsional capability of the body 16.
  • a cross section of the body 16 and/or torsional members 26, 28, can be varied from the first end 18 to the second end 20 to provide a desired initial load capability, such as a desired preload force of the wiper blade 12 against the windscreen 14 when the wiper arm 10 is in the primary position. If desired, the entire assembly or body 16 can be overmolded with a low modulus material.
  • Wiper arms are becoming longer to enable the wiper system to cover the larger windshield areas caused by high glass angles. This causes higher inertia's and potential excess wiper pattern growth due the reversal accelerations.
  • the composite material choice lowers the inertia and reduces the growth.
  • This concept also has a non-linear load to maintain a near constant arm pressure and further has the ability to be pulled into a position away from the glass to be out of the way to manually clean the glass by hand.
  • the shapes when viewed from the end of the arm, can be parallel or at an angle to one another.
  • the cross section as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 will twist causing a predisposition of deflection, biased either into the page or out of the page as shown in Figure 2.
  • the present invention provides a biasing force that is different than the "spring" characteristics.
  • the force at the end of the arm in Figures 2 and 3 will be zero in the primary and secondary positions, and is also zero just at the "flip" point between the primary and secondary positions. Therefore the arm will exhibit nonlinear force properties.
  • the two pultruted shapes can be riveted or overmolded at the free ends 34,36 as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the entire unit can be overmolded with a low modulus material like a reaction injection molded polyurethane.
  • This overmolded material can be provided in any color desired and can be used to hide the washer delivery system. It should be noted that, pultrusion can be made with 45 "biased angle fiber material for extra torsional rigidity and for increased pressure.
  • the first and second torsional members can be set at an initial angle with respect to one another to create a bias toward one of the two stable positions.
  • the body and/or torsional members can be formed of composite materials, such as carbon fiber, steel, aluminum, or other suitable materials.
  • the first and second torsional members can also be initially formed in a relaxed position having free ends relatively close to one another, where the torsional members are spread apart to the flexed position and held relative to one another.
  • the connecting means can be a molded end piece holding the free ends of the first and second torsional members in a predetermined relationship with respect to one another.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un bras d'essuie-glace et un procédé de fabrication dudit bras d'essuie-glace. Ce bras d'essuie-glace présente une première extrémité pouvant être raccordée à une tige d'entraînement et supportée par cette dernière afin d'exécuter un mouvement rotatif oscillatoire et une seconde extrémité pouvant être raccordée à un balai d'essuie-glace et supportée par ce dernier. Une zone de torsion du corps, qui est articulable, se situe entre la première extrémité et la seconde extrémité du corps. L'articulation est définie par deux positions stables, une position primaire et une position secondaire, lesquelles positions sont espacées et situées sur des côtés opposés d'une amplitude de mouvement instable. Une des deux positions stables exerce une pression vers le bas sur le balai d'essuie-glace, lequel peut être raccordé au corps afin de venir en contact avec un pare-brise devant être essuyé. La zone de torsion est définie par un premier élément de torsion et par un second élément de torsion qui se trouvent initialement dans un état de relâchement. Chaque élément de torsion comprend une extrémité libre en porte-à-faux par rapport à la première extrémité du corps, ces extrémités libres étant espacées entre elles. Chaque élément de torsion est ensuite replié dans un état de repliage de sorte que les extrémités libres viennent se toucher. Ces extrémités libres sont raccordées entre elles par n'importe quel procédé ou dispositif de fixation lorsqu'elles se trouvent dans l'état de repliage.
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